scotty wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> A couple of months ago I joined this group when I got hold of a Series
> 5mx. I mentioned stress cracks in the hinges. I had managed to reglue
> (with super glue) one of the bits of plastic over the metal hinges.
>
> Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
> cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
> do a plastics replacement? I don't want to shelve my Psion.

http://www.posltd.com/service-psion.htm

In article <3vghpuF15qrc5U1@individual.net>, Iordani
wrote:

> scotty wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > A couple of months ago I joined this group when I got hold of a Series
> > 5mx. I mentioned stress cracks in the hinges. I had managed to reglue
> > (with super glue) one of the bits of plastic over the metal hinges.
> >
> > Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
> > cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
> > do a plastics replacement? I don't want to shelve my Psion.
>
> http://www.posltd.com/service-psion.htm

This is a bit of a pickle. Once I do the currency conversion, the bill
for the reapairs is more than I paid for the Psion originally.

Scott

In article <041220051014167902%nobody@home.net>, Scotty wrote:
> Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
> cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
> do a plastics replacement?
>
Lordani suggests POS, who I can attest are good, and shouldn't
have any difficulty about doing a "case-ectomy" replace the outer case)
for you. But they're in London, and you're on home.net, which I think
is a US ISP (?), so you may be looking at hefty shipping charges and
insurance, plus a while in the post.
Depending on how much plastic is missing, you may be able to get
away with moulding something like Araldite (or any epoxy two-part resin
you can get hold of in vaguely the right colour) over the missing part,
then once it has cured hard (~24 hours at room temperature), sanding
the excess down by hand or using a tool like a "Dremel".

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Location: +57d10' , -02d09' (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
Written at Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:24 GMT

scotty wrote:
> Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
> cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
> do a plastics replacement? I don't want to shelve my Psion.

Superglew isn't a long term fix.

For my Series 3, the solution I have found is a combination of tiny
fiberglass strands and epoxy resin (the rest stuff, not the 5 minute one.

To get proper colour, you can sprinkle a bit of toner from
photocopier/laser printer. That gives it a pitch black colour.

You need to work with very small instruments (such as needles) to
deposit the strands and resin and make sure the resin goes into the tiny
cracks so it can really "grab" on to the surface. Everything is in very
tiny amounts. The fiberglass strands add some strength but also help
keep the rsin in place while it dries. It takes about 30-40 minutes for
it to start to settle, and a full 24-48 hours before it is fully
hardened. Once it has begun to dry up, when it is becoming solid but
still maleable, you may wish to close and open the unit to unsure that
it doesn't interfere with full movement. That action will squeeze any
excess resin out.

It is fine work. More like a watch repairman instead of a steel
worker... Make sure you have some fine oil on the metal hinge so that
the resin doesn't adhere to it. In fact, a bit of grease is better since
it will leave a bigger gap around the hinge to ease its movement inside
its new environment surrounded by the resin.

JF Mezei wrote:
> Superglue isn't a long term fix.
>
> For my Series 3, the solution I have found is a combination of tiny
> fiberglass strands and epoxy resin (the rest stuff, not the 5 minute
> one.


JF forgot to mention that all the superglue is going have to be scratched
off before putting on any fresh resin otherwise it will limit the adhesion
you get.



Though I have to say that I have never had a problem with hinges, just with
the power socket. And with the SSD door switches on my 3mx. I didn't realise
that it has proper switches not just tracks on the motherboard like the 3a.
If you put the motherboard back with the doors closed, and press it in, you
break the switches. I managed to get replacements and fit them but I would
much rather have avoided the trouble!



Mike.
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"scotty" wrote in message
news:041220051554193956%nobody@home.net...
> In article <3vghpuF15qrc5U1@individual.net>, Iordani
> wrote:
>
>> scotty wrote:
>>
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > A couple of months ago I joined this group when I got hold of a Series
>> > 5mx. I mentioned stress cracks in the hinges. I had managed to reglue
>> > (with super glue) one of the bits of plastic over the metal hinges.
>> >
>> > Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
>> > cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
>> > do a plastics replacement? I don't want to shelve my Psion.
>>
>> http://www.posltd.com/service-psion.htm
>
> This is a bit of a pickle. Once I do the currency conversion, the bill
> for the reapairs is more than I paid for the Psion originally.
>

Shouldn't be. They do a fixed price service that includes replacement of
the case parts as required. It is nowhere near the new price.

The Electric Fan Club wrote:
> "scotty" wrote in message
> news:041220051554193956%nobody@home.net...
>
>>In article <3vghpuF15qrc5U1@individual.net>, Iordani
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>scotty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>A couple of months ago I joined this group when I got hold of a Series
>>>>5mx. I mentioned stress cracks in the hinges. I had managed to reglue
>>>>(with super glue) one of the bits of plastic over the metal hinges.
>>>>
>>>>Well today I realized that it had cracked off again and this time I
>>>>cannot find the missing piece. Is there any place or person that can
>>>>do a plastics replacement? I don't want to shelve my Psion.
>>>
>>>http://www.posltd.com/service-psion.htm
>>
>>This is a bit of a pickle. Once I do the currency conversion, the bill
>>for the reapairs is more than I paid for the Psion originally.
>>
>
>
> Shouldn't be. They do a fixed price service that includes replacement of
> the case parts as required. It is nowhere near the new price.
>
>
Ah, but if he bought one secondhand (which seems likely these days)?

Stuart